| Forums | Topics | Posts | Last Post | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site Info and News | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
All members: Please read and follow these rules.
Topics: 1
Posts: 1
Last Post:
Welcome to Self-Storage Talk!
|
1 | 1 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Get updates and news regarding Self-Storage Talk, Inside Self-Storage and Self-Storage Training Institute here. Also post here to leave feedback or get support relating to posting, registering or site features.
Topics: 397
Posts: 2,621
Last Post:
2019 Monthly Maintenance Calendars and Guide
|
397 | 2,621 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Get expo information and connect with show attendees, speakers and exhibitors in this forum. Read about goings on, plan meetings, ask questions and more. Join us April 3-5, 2013, at the Paris Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas.
Topics: 116
Posts: 761
|
116 | 761 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General Self-Storage Forums | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
New to the forum or the industry? Let us know who you are, when you got started in self-storage, your areas of expertise, etc.
Topics: 892
Posts: 6,718
Last Post:
Market saturation???
|
892 | 6,718 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
If you have general questions or comments and aren’t sure where to ask/put them, start with this forum.
Topics: 1,985
Posts: 21,451
Last Post:
change of address
|
1,985 | 21,451 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
All things relating to the day-to-day management of self-storage facilities: customer service, sales, taking payments, policies and procedures, site maintenance and more.
Topics: 2,278
Posts: 27,441
Last Post:
Overlocking
|
2,278 | 27,441 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Facility promotions and advertising including special events, Yellow Pages, Internet, working with media, etc.
Topics: 781
Posts: 7,769
Last Post:
Marketing research
|
781 | 7,769 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
For owners and managers, information on interviewing, hiring, firing, incentives, salaries, etc. Also share info on training, websites, books, seminars and other learning resources.
Topics: 305
Posts: 3,557
|
305 | 3,557 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Building, developing and financing self-storage: site selection, feasibility, due diligence, zoning, design, layout, building components, loan types, lending options, rates, working with lenders, and more.
Topics: 570
Posts: 3,835
Last Post:
Green Building and Self-Storage
|
570 | 3,835 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Rental agreements, lawsuits, lien sales, abandonment ... anything relating to legal issues for self-storage. Also discuss specialized insurance coverages for the business, stories of insurance claims, etc.
Topics: 807
Posts: 8,276
Last Post:
Abandoned Vehicles and Mobile Home
|
807 | 8,276 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Software, hardware, kiosks, electronic locks, websites, crime prevention, video surveillance, gate access, alarm systems and more.
Topics: 777
Posts: 7,592
Last Post:
Shut down or not to shut down?
|
777 | 7,592 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Share bizarre or interesting stories from inside the storage trenches: difficult customers, strange items stored, unusual happenings, etc.
Topics: 481
Posts: 7,693
|
481 | 7,693 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Share your insights with readers of ISS magazine! Answer questions in this forum, and your responses might be selected to appear in an upcoming issue of our print publication.
Topics: 67
Posts: 817
Last Post:
Favorite Holiday Song
|
67 | 817 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Start a thread to survey the SST community. Similarly, respond to all polls here.
Topics: 204
Posts: 1,909
Last Post:
ACH vs Credit Cards
|
204 | 1,909 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Self-Storage Specialty Forums | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Discuss self-storage topics and issues specific to the state or country in which you operate! We encourage the participation of the state associations in this forum.
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Sub-Forums:
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
AVAILABLE TO REGISTERED USERS ONLY. PLEASE LOG IN. Share forms and resources by uploading and downloading. Examples include ad creative, sales scripts, maintenance schedules, and staff policies and procedures. Please read the legal disclaimer stuck to the top of the forum before proceeding.
Topics: 14
Posts: 125
|
14 | 125 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Chat here about ancillary products/services: boat/RV storage, retail merchandise, storage condos, wine storage, records storage, mobile storage, pack and ship, business services, cell-tower leases, eBay sales, car washing and others.
Topics: 130
Posts: 844
Last Post:
Rethinking Your Retail Space
|
130 | 844 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Sub-Forums:
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Self-Storage Marketplace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
AVAILABLE TO REGISTERED USERS ONLY. PLEASE LOG IN.
List your self-storage facilities for sale or solicit facilities to buy in this section. Brokers may post properties, but please, no self-promotion of firms. Those seeking investors or partners may also post here.
Topics: 105
Posts: 270
|
105 | 270 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
AVAILABLE TO REGISTERED USERS ONLY. PLEASE LOG IN.
Have a self-storage position you want to fill? Looking for a management or other industry position? Post your wanted and for-hire queries here.
Topics: 298
Posts: 1,163
|
298 | 1,163 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
NO VENDOR POSTINGS PLEASE! Managers and operators can sell and swap goods here: equipment, retail product, side business, crafts, etc.
Topics: 33
Posts: 145
Last Post:
Opentech 900 Kiosk
|
33 | 145 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous Forums | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Forum for non-self-storage discussions relating to government, religion, politics, economics, philosophy and other volatile topics. Please obey all forum rules. Disclaimer: The opinions here do not reflect those of the owners or advertisers and neither assume any responsibility or liability for content.
Topics: 625
Posts: 6,077
Last Post:
Holiday Movies
|
625 | 6,077 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
If you’re not sure how to work the various features of the forum, you can practice here before posting elsewhere.
Topics: 57
Posts: 266
Last Post:
Testing
|
57 | 266 |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
-
I have a long-term tenant who is now 3 months behind on rent. I have talked to him and sent several late notices Is it legal to overlock in Illinois?...Yesterday, 08:28 PM
-
I got this more in NC-I was Outbox Self Storage and I'd get 10-15 calls a week asking for 'are you the Public Storage close to..." or 'Can I pay my bill- I'm unit 652," only to figure out they were storing at Public Storage. I had the Public Storage #'s on a drop down so I could give them...Yesterday, 06:54 PM
-
There's a number of Payment Processors in the market today and each of them are quite unique to themselves when it comes to their transaction charges/swipe rates. I hear a lot of requests from storage operators - mostly small and medium, if there are ways you could imply that charge to the tenant themselves...Yesterday, 03:15 PM